The
Payne Whitney residence designed by
McKim, Mead & White c. 1909 at 972 Fifth Avenue in
New York City. Whitney was the son of
William C. Whitney and younger brother of
Harry Payne Whitney. Click
HERE to see '
Greentree', Whitney's Long Island estate. Click
HERE for Christopher Gray's
Streetscapes article on the Whitney residence and
HERE for more. Since 1952 the house has belonged to the French Embassy serving the French Cultural Services. Click
HERE to see the Whitney residence on google street view. Photo from the Museum of the City of New York.
2 comments:
One of the interesting stories that accompanies this house: http://www.jgwaarchitects.com/portfolio/educational-cultural-facilities/venetian-room/venitian-room.htm
One has to visit this mansion to gawk at its immense scale. I love the screen on the door I think it was modeled after a cemetery screen in Rome. But interesting picture. I have never seen the side so clearly and the shadow cast on it appears to be from the Henry Cook mansion.
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